About Me

Dr. Jennifer Golbeck is the Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab and an Associate Professor at the College of Information Studies, University of Maryland. Her research specializes in analyzing social media, with a focus on modeling social relationships like trust and user preferences to enhance online information interactions. A Research Fellow of the Web Science Research Initiative, she was named one of IEEE Intelligent Systems' Top Ten AI Researchers to Watch in 2006. Dr. Golbeck’s work advances the understanding of social media dynamics and user-centric system design.